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William Barry Jun 2014
Run the stop signs.
Let the phones ring.
Let the man upstairs try to deal with the problems
the people bring.
Where is Jesus,
when daddy throws a fit?
When ***** smokes her ***?
When mommy ***** the mailman?
Where is the higher power,
when we are at our knees at our darkest hour?

We assume cats and dogs don't have souls
because they don't have the opposable thumbs to drive
themselves to church on Sunday mornings.
God rest their souls,
when we put them in little holes
in the ground.

What if Christ came back just as naked as he supposedly left us ,
but we put him into prison with a ruthless charge of public indecency?
We would be guilty as a society,
for imprisoning our "Top priority".
Casey Hayward Mar 29
Darling
I'm flailing against rip tides
But really just laying in my bed thinking
Please god help me pay my taxes
I'm on the cusp of something great I can feel it
Please god.
It’s the small-humongous things that are so ****** tricky to master.
Like finances and security and happiness and self respect
And you. (*you) you have to be complicated too?
You can't just be there to want me when I need you?
Take my hand, kiss it softly, walk me across busy streets?
And here I am wondering if life ever feels less lonesome
More controlled.
Eh.
How *
brilliant you think you are sheep**.
Draw the shades, crawl under the covers. Fully clothed. Thinking Why?
Because I can make you who I want you to be
My own personal HeyZeus walking cross water
To dryland a warmmeal a softbed

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